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2 unusual facts about knee


Knee-high boot

In university ROTC units, some members wear a dress boot reminiscent of a mounted cavalry boot, such as the boots worn by seniors in the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets.

KNEE-LD

The station was originally K10CM, a translator station for Spokane's KXLY-TV.


1909 FA Cup Final

Manchester United inside left Sandy Turnbull had been struggling with a knee injury in recent times, but, on the morning of the match, he convinced his manager, Ernest Mangnall, that he could play.

1920–21 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Unfortunately, Winters inherited a team whose best player, Chuck Carney, had just severely injured his knee in the last football game.

1948–49 NHL season

Montreal lost Elmer Lach with a fractured jaw when he collided with Toronto defenceman Bob Goldham, and Emile "Butch" Bouchard injured a knee.

2007–08 Charlotte Bobcats season

After an exploratory procedure, it was determined that May would need season-ending micofracture surgery on his right knee.

2009 Taça da Liga Final

Moretto missed the final due to undergoing arthroscopic surgery to his right knee after he sustained an injury during a Benfica training session.

Alf Ward

He joined the "Saints" 1908 summer tour of Europe; at Leipzig, in the final match of the tour, Ward displaced the cartilage of his right knee.

Amar Suloev

The UFC invited him back at UFC 37 to fight Phil Baroni, where a controversial knee by Suloev was landed while Baroni was on his knees getting up, shortly after the referee stood them up, Baroni landed a flurry of punches which stopped Suloev.

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Moments after the bell, Aregawi passed behind Morgan Uceny, who stumbled, her knee meeting the back-kick of Ekaterina Kostetskaya.

Bree Munro

While skiing at Apex Mountain while preparing for the 2006/2007 World Cup season, she injured her knee.

Brian McLean

On 18 July 2008 he suffered significant damage to his knee in a tackle by Argentinian striker Diego Ruiz during an ill-tempered preseason 'friendly' against CFR Cluj.

Chris Draft

On October 13, 2009, the day that the Buffalo Bills placed starting linebacker Kawika Mitchell on the IR with a knee injury, Buffalo signed Draft to a one-year contract.

Danny Mountain

Mountain played football for the Southampton F.C. youth squad from ages 9 to 16 when a knee injury ended his dreams of becoming a professional player.

Dwight Stephenson

He played for the Miami Dolphins from 1980 until 1987, when his left knee sustained an injury in a play involving New York Jets Marty Lyons and Joe Klecko.

Eugene W. Shellworth

He played on the football team until a knee injury ended his playing career in his sophomore year.

Fibularis brevis

The terms "Peroneal" (i.e., Artery, Retinaculum) and "Peroneus" (i.e., Longus and Brevis) are derived from the Greek word Perone (pronounced Pair-uh-knee) meaning pin of a brooch or a buckle.

Frank Mir

After a period of recovery from the knee Lesnar pinned Mir up against the cage and delivered multiple unanswered blows to his face, forcing referee Herb Dean to stop the fight via TKO at 1:48 in the second round.

Fred Joseph Nichol

Nichol was the presiding judge over the 1974 U.S. District Court trial of AIM (American Indian Movement) members who had taken over the village of Wounded Knee, South Dakota for 71 days in 1973.

Gavin McCann

McCann's contract ran out at the end of June 2010, McCann had picked up a knee injury and Owen Coyle said that once he recovered from the injury, he would have a chance to earn a new contract.

Gilbert L. Laws

His left leg was amputated below the knee as a result of being wounded in the Battle of Williamsburg on May 5, 1862.

Harry Hlavac

Richard Schuster and Steven Subotnick, Dr. Hlavac is considered to be a pioneer in the modern use of podiatric clinical biomechanics for the management of foot, knee, hip and back pain and treatment of athletic injuries.

Jason Gatson

His knee injuries were featured on the season 2 8th episode on Impact: Stories of Survival, titled "Pentagon Survivor".

Keepie uppie

Keepie uppie, or "kick-ups" is the skill of juggling with a football using feet, lower legs, knees, chest, shoulders, and head, without allowing the ball to hit the ground.

Knee Deep in the Blues

"Knee Deep in the Blues" is a song written by Melvin Endsley and was recorded by Marty Robbins in 1957.

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee is a 1994 TNT original movie starring Irene Bedard, Tantoo Cardinal, Pato Hoffmann, Joseph Runningfox, Lawrence Bayne, and Michael Horse and August Schellenberg.

Lee Cowling

After a brief stint at Mansfield Town, the club at which his father, Dave Cowling started his career, a reoccurring knee injury forced him to retire in his early twenties.

Lucinda Ruh

In the summer of 1999, she went to the U.S. and was briefly coached by Galina Zmievskaya but tore knee ligaments and returned to Switzerland for treatment.

Matt Wiman

He was scheduled to fight Rafael dos Anjos on September 19, 2009 at UFC 103, but was forced to withdraw because of a knee injury.

Matthew Kemp

In the match against North Queensland Fury at Etihad Stadium on 5 February 2010, Kemp badly injured his knee when his leg buckled while challenging for the ball.

Michael Mols

However, during a UEFA Champions League clash against FC Bayern Munich, he collided with opposing goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, which resulted in a serious knee injury – in the same competition, he previously helped his club crush PSV Eindhoven 4–1 at home by scoring twice, whilst in the league, he put four past former Ranger Andy Goram's Motherwell.

Modesty

Pope Pius XII stated that women should cover their upper arms and shoulders, that their skirts should cover at least as far as the knee, and the neckline should not reveal anything.

Mr. Hito

While driving to a show in Lethbridge with Bruce Hart, Jim Neidhart, Gerry Morrow and a Stampede road hand, he had suffered facial injuries as well as a broken wrist and a dislocated knee after hitting the back tires of semi-trailer as it was pulling into a roadside gas station.

Neil Brisco

He was allowed a move to Stockport County in August 2003, with manager Carlton Palmer wanting a dominant midfielder; however Brisco failed a medical because of a knee injury and the move did not go through.

Nigel Briers

But a knee injury, followed by an operation, left him as a spectator as the county, under new captain James Whitaker, took their second Championship title in 1996, and he never played first-class cricket again.

Ólafur Ingi Skúlason

Ólafur missed the 2005/6 season due to a cruciate knee ligament injury resulting from a tackle with Chesterfield's Derek Niven.

Paul Lake

Installed as team captain at the centre of defence, a seemingly minor knee injury sustained near the start of the 1990/91 season following a challenge with Tony Cascarino was later diagnosed as a ruptured cruciate ligament, resulting in a two-year absence.

Quincy, M.E.

In the Mystery Movie installments and earliest hour-long episodes, Quincy has a regular girlfriend called Lee (Lynette Mettey) who sometimes accompanies him on his cases (such as in "...The Thighbone's Connected to the Knee Bone...").

Quinten Lynch

In 2002 he was elevated from the Rookie List after as a replacement for Phil Read, who had sustained a long-term knee injury.

Rajko Mitić

He almost never missed a game, except in 1947, when he had to go to rehabilitation after a knee meniscus operation.

Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross

The nursery rhyme was very popular before the twentieth century, it was sung every day by William Ewart Gladstone to his children as they had "rides on his foot, slung over his knee".

Roy Myrie

After the winter he injured his knee and had a long period of rehabilitation.

Rozalia Galiyeva

However, before the all-around, coach Alexander Alexandrov pulled Galiyeva from the competition, citing a knee injury.

Sebastian Kehl

Kehl's fortunes were to mirror those of the club: although he did feature for the national side in their home World Cup, he injured his left knee in a challenge with Bayern's Hasan Salihamidžić on the first day of the 2006–07 season, and managed just four starts as the team limped to ninth place and the club's continuing financial woes forced changes in the boardroom.

Strümpell

Strümpell's sign, clinical sign in which the patient's attempt to flex the knee against resistance elicits an extensor plantar reflex

The Faint

Growing up, Fink, Petersen, and Baechle skateboarded in their free time until Fink developed knee problems, which shifted their hobbies towards making music.

Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene

UHMWPE was first used clinically in 1962 by Sir John Charnley and emerged as the dominant bearing material for total hip and knee replacements in the 1970s.

Undisputed III: Redemption

In addition to reciting, "Improvise, Adapt, Overcome" as part of his training, he recommends some holistic medicine for Boyka to soothe his knee.

Western Oregon Wolves

On April 26, 2008, Sara Tucholsky, a reserve outfielder on the Wolves softball team (2005–08), hit the first home run of her college career in a victory over Central Washington University, but injured her knee rounding first base; Central Washington's Mallory Holtman and Liz Wallace carried Tucholsky around the rest of the bases to home plate.


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